London denies UK and France could share aircraft carriers

Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 00:36 UTC

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The UK Ministry of Defence has confirmed that Defence Secretary Liam Fox is to meet his French counterpart to discuss further defence co-operation. But a senior MoD source has told the BBC there are no plans for the two countries to share aircraft carriers. Read full article

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Marco
This englishman probably is eating his words by now.

2 Hoytred (#)
Aug 31st, 2010 - 05:46 am
Should be easy to organise ..... after all, there are 'uniquely French interests' in South America too :-)
Sep 01st, 2010 - 03:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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avargas2001
We still think the world needs to build their nuclear defence programs to make this pirat ships obsolete.
Sep 01st, 2010 - 04:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Zethee
Didn't think it would happen to be honest, good ideas sometimes just arent possible.

avargas, go lick a window.
Sep 01st, 2010 - 12:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Fernando_A
“It said special protocols would be put in place in case a uniquely British interest, such as the Falkland Islands, was threatened while the French were in charge.”

In other words, they won't help you. Keep playing with fire Brits..
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